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Arlana Barnes (Alcovy), D.J. Hill (Newton) and Raytavious Jackson (Eastside) headline this week's athletes of the week.
Up until Friday, Newton hadn't lost a region game all season. They traveled down the road to face region opponent and county rival Alcovy on Friday, and Friday night the Lady Tigers ended the Lady Rams' unbeaten region record.
The pick and roll is such an astoundingly simple play, yet it can be the foundation of a team's offense and it can be virtually impossible to stop. Under head coach David Baker, the Lady Tigers use the pick and roll to get their offense going almost exclusively. Still, teams have trouble stopping it.
The last time the Lady Rams and the Lady Tigers played, Newton won on a putback buzzer beater from Alexcia Chatman at home. This time Alcovy's girls didn't let the game come down to one final shot as they used the second half to run off to a 60-51 victory over Newton, giving Newton its first region loss of the season.
Ny'tauja Mckinnon, Keidra Sears and Raynesha Clay have been named Newton's, Alcovy's and Eastside's athletes of the week respectively.
Alcovy continued to cement its position as a threat to win the region with a dominant 55-36 win against neighboring county rival, Rockdale County.
Ever wonder what a football team composed of the best players and the best coaches of Newton County's three high schools would look like? Well, we're here to answer that question with the Newton County All-Area football team.
And just like that 2014 is almost over. It's been a big year in sports, especially in this electrifying second half of the year. We've done a year in review of spring sports in the summer, so now it's time we look at some of the best and biggest moments in Newton County sports for the second half of 2014. There were lots of games, signings...etc that could have been included but we only have so much room. Enjoy.
On Friday night, the Alcovy Tigers basketball team welcomed South Gwinnett to town. Going into the game, Alcovy was looking to get its first win of the season. Despite Alcovy playing with outstanding effort, once against they came up short, losing 64-54.
The athletes of the week for the week of December 8, 2014 are Alexcia Chatman (Newton) and Tierra Hodges (Alcovy). Check covnews.com for Eastside's athlete of the week after Monday. See caption below.
The Lady Tigers of Alcovy got their first win in region 2-AAAAAA this season on Friday evening. It wasn't an easy one by any means, as the Lady Wildcats of Lovejoy gave them all they could handle. But, Alcovy fought it out, and displayed some toughness with a 51-46 win over Lovejoy.
Each basketball team from around the county played tonight. Here are the scores for the games from tonight.
Madison Beazley and Autumn Evans signed full scholarships to play softball and attend Andrew College on Friday. The two had an enormous amount of support, as they continue their journey to college.
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Alcovy forward Ayanna Wimbush has been named the Alcovy Athlete of the Week after scoring in double figures Friday night for the Lady Tigers against visiting Luella.
The Lady Tigers varsity basketball team came close to its second victory in as many days Friday night at home on Senior Night, but surrendered a six-point fourth-quarter lead to Luella in the final minutes, falling 48-35.
It's been a tough season for the Alcovy varsity basketball team, but in their final home game of 2014, the Tigers proved one thing true – they're not quitters.
The Rockdale County varsity wrestling team might have finished on top in the area last Saturday, but Alcovy and Newton will still be well-represented today at the Class AAAAAA East Sectional at Lowndes High School.
Alcovy football standouts Okon Godwin, Curtiss Benton and Robert Bullard made their collegiate pledges Wednesday afternoon, signing their National Letters of Intent in a ceremony held in front of friends, families and coaches.
It wasn't the prettiest of wins, but the Rockdale County varsity basketball doesn't get credit for presentation.
In a scene echoing Super Bowl Super Bowl XLVII between San Francisco and Baltimore, a blackout took center stage Tuesday night during the fourth quarter of the Rockdale County Bulldogs and Alcovy Tigers' region tilt at Cleveland Stroud Gymnasium.
The Alcovy Lady Tigers traveled to Eastside Saturday night, defeating the Lady Eagles 62-53 in a comeback effort in non-region action.
After scoring a game-high 28 points against Morrow, Alcovy guard Cameron Banks has been named the Alcovy Athlete of the Week.
After leading the Lady Tigers in scoring in back-to-back games, Alcovy forward Tierra Hodges has been named the Alcovy Athlete of the Week.
Alcovy High School boys' basketball coach Jabari Levi is on a health-related leave of absence from the Tigers' program, and his future with the program is unclear.
Coach David Baker's Alcovy Lady Tigers almost learned the hard way that they have to play all four quarters as they withstood a furious fourth-quarter comeback by the Morrow Lady Mustangs before securing a harder-that-it-should-have-been 61-52 victory.
The Alcovy boys basketball team earned an "A" for effort, but in the end, the Morrow Mustangs had too much height and a deeper bench, knocking off the Tigers 97-65 in a Region 2-AAAAAA tilt Tuesday night.
Eight Alcovy and Newton High School softball players earned Region 2-AAAAAA all-region honors, the region announced last week, with the Tigers headlining the programs with three first-team selections.
The Alcovy Tigers boys varsity basketball team dropped its 11th consecutive game Tuesday night, falling 82-45 to Luella in Region 2-AAAAAA action on the road.


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When an SEO firm claims to know an algorithm, always understand it's a well-orchestrated, but false, sales pitch.
Competitive analysis and comparisons among SEO (define)/SEM (define) firms can be quite entertaining. One SEO firm might guarantee top search engine placement due to short-term spam methodologies, while another might guarantee top placement from overconfidence.
How do I know my competitors' sales pitches? I encounter many pitches from entertaining SEO e-mail. I purposely opt in to SEO/SEM mailing lists just to see what my competitors are trying to sell. Some companies hire me as a consultant to audit SEO/SEM firms' proposals. And some companies hire me to actually attend these SEO-proposal meetings.
Today's column was inspired by one recent SEO-proposal meeting.
"We Know Google's Algorithm" and Other Lies
I get a variety of reactions when I attend SEO-proposal meetings. One common reaction is noticeable apprehension because SEO sales people recognize me as a speaker from Search Engine Strategies conferences. Another reaction (which I find far more amusing) is outright ignorance. Technical SEO staff usually take one look at me and assume I have no technical background whatsoever. Maybe I look like a marketing person. Who knows?
This particular SEO firm comprised mostly technical staff. Below are their three primary claims:
I wish you could have seen my facial expressions during this meeting. You would've seen my jaw hitting the floor, especially after that first statement. I know my facial expressions were entertaining because I could hear my client trying to stifle giggles throughout the meeting.
Let's examine one of these sales pitches in a little more detail.
Reverse-Engineering Search Algorithms
Whenever an SEM company makes a statement about knowing a search engine algorithm or being able to reverse-engineer one, don't believe it. It's the biggest SEO lie I've ever heard.
One of the largest U.S. SEO/SEM companies actually claimed it had Google's algorithm as a black box. At this recent meeting, the salespeople claimed their staff had PhDs, but they neglected to mention what field the degrees were in. Other SEO firms claim to have hired former search engine employees. Yet they don't mention which department these employees worked in. Misdirection and lies.
Bottom line? No one, including search engine software engineers, knows exactly how search engines rank pages. Even the reverse-engineering claim is often bogus.
Many SEO firms who claim to reverse-engineer a search engine algorithm do three things:
This procedure isn't reverse engineering, but it sounds pretty impressive during a sales pitch. In reality, a search algorithm often comprises a large number of mathematical equations. When SEO staffers claim to have reverse-engineered an algorithm, they're claiming to know every single mathematical equation that composes that algorithm.
When this particular SEO firm made this claim, I said, "OK, I'll bite. Let's use a couple of mathematical equations as proof you understand Google's algorithm."
Google published the PageRank component of its search algorithm years ago. Here's what it looked like in 1998:
PR(A) = (1-d) + d(PR(T1)/C(T1) + ... + PR(Tn)/C(Tn))All search engines have duplicate or redundant content filters as part of their algorithms so they don't deliver the same search results repeatedly. Here's a mathematical equation for possible duplicate content filtering via content evolution and shingle (word set) comparison:
I presented these two possible search algorithm components during the meeting. Search engine representatives have publicly stated their algorithms contain over 100 components. Any SEO firm that claims it's successfully reverse-engineered a search engine algorithm in its little black box is essentially claiming it knows all 100-plus components of the mathematical equation that constitutes a search engine algorithm.
Trust me. The vast majority of SEO staffers can't even explain these two equations. Even some of my most technically advanced SEO colleagues didn't know what shingles were. If you're going to prance your PhD staff out as your unique sales proposition, they had better know their stuff... and I'm going to ask tough questions.
I've never claimed I could reverse-engineer search engine algorithms. It's a waste of time and effort because no search engine will reveal its top-secret means of organizing Web content.
No SEO firm knows Google's algorithm. No SEO firm knows the marvelous, convoluted mathematical equations that constitute a search engine algorithm. I can pick a random software engineer from Google, and that person won't know exactly how Google ranks Web pages.
When an SEO firm claims to know an algorithm, always understand it's a well-orchestrated, but false, sales pitch.
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Bambusa olhammii is not a running variety of bamboo. It's a clumper. It grows quite tall and should make an excellent screen. The culms get to around four inches in ideal circumstances. Bamboo will drop leaves but not too badly. That shouldn't be too much of an issue. |
This is an in-ground, concrete pool surrounded by a lot of cement. The bamboo would be located quite close to the water. We don't want to have to be constantly cleaning out leaves... Thank you for the input! |
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I'm also in Los Angeles with an in-gound pool and was giving serious consideration to Oldhamii as well. How did things turn out? My largest concern is leaf droppage as it will be about 15 feet away from the pool in a 4' wide by 30' long raised planter box. |
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The leaf dropping is seasonal. It drops leaves as new ones grow, usually at the beginning of the growing year. Other than that, there should be no problem other than height. Mine grows to over 40 feet...you may want a shorter variety. Kt |
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By jenelyn1
You may have thought you were buying a home in a nice, safe neighborhood, but come to find out, your neighbors have been targeted and you don't want to be next. There are several ways to protect your home without spending a fortune on extensive security systems.
1. Choose the Right Neighborhood
Just because a neighborhood is an upscale area doesn't mean that it's the least prone to getting robbed. In fact, often thieves are more interested in nicer neighborhoods where the objects they'll steal will offer more of a payoff. If you want to find areas where the most theft is happening, use sites such as spotcrime.com where you can see the most recent thefts in various neighborhoods. Before you buy a house, make sure it's in an untargeted area.
2. Develop a Routine
Often homes are burglarized because existing security tools weren't used. Simply getting into the routine of locking doors and windows before you leave the house will help you to deter thieves from finding an easy entrance. Around 30 percent of homes broken into were broken into by the thief walking right into the home. Simply using the protective tools you have is probably the most inexpensive way to defend your threshold.
3. Get a New Lock
Although the 60s brought us the deadbolt, thieves have upped their game in recent years. Lock snapping allows thieves to snap a euro cylinder into two parts and then remove the outside piece. Lock bumping allows thieves use a fake key to torque and strike the lock open. And lock drilling involves the thief to drill out the lock with an HSS drill. You can get a strong lock that defies these techniques to truly protect your home from theft.
4. Motion Sensors and Automatic Light Timers
Motion sensors not only shine light on shady business, but they also catch the thief off guard and deters them from their original plan. Automatic light timers are also an inexpensive way to give off the impression that you're at home when you really aren't. Especially if you frequently travel for business, light timers are a great little trick to make thieves think someone's home.
5. Enlist the Neighbors
Whether you develop a neighborhood watch or simply ask your neighbors to help with your home protection when you're out of town or at work, neighbors are a great and inexpensive security system. If you go out of town, make sure that you ask the neighbors to keep up with mail and lawn mowing, so that thieves don't get the message that your home is fair game.


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I just had to make me a holster because I was not finding what I wanted on the market.
So, since I carry concealed every where I go, and I get to wear blue jeans to work, and Just love blue jeans period. I decide to make me a holster out of denim
At the time I only made one other holster out of a leather, and it was ok.
The denim holster I made was real easy to do, Fast, and not much cost in them.
Only need a few yards of denim, some 3mm fun foam that you can get a Hobby store anywhere, spray glue for fabric.
And access to your Wife/Mothers sewing machine.
First step is to cut your pattern out of the fun foam.
Second step is to use the spray glue to attach the fabric to the foam. Leave some over hang on the denim about 1/4 inch around your pattern.
The glue just helps out when sewing the fabric together, but also if you use the spray glue and a roller you can press out all the wrinkles in the fabric and it makes for a much nicer products.
Once this is done all you do now is sew along the 1/4 over hang all the way around your pattern.
Next sew along the inside of where the foam is, you have to do this because the glue will lose grip at some point in time, So you are just sewing the denim together this does not take long at all.
If you can keep somewhat of a straight line you will be fine.
Once you sew your denim together you are ready to fold over your sides and sew them together.
Use the 1/4-inch over hang first. This way you can slide in your pistol and check to see how it fits most of the time it's lose and if so just move the needle over just a little and re-sew.
Repeat this step until your pistol fits inside your holster the way you want it too.
I was able to make two holsters in about two hours.
As far as the clip goes I had to hand sew it on. But, if you know for sure where you want the clip to go before you make your fold you can sew it on at that time.
I have been very happy with the two I made. So far they have held up better than the Uncle Mikes holster I bought. Plus they blend in with the blue jeans I wear if any part of the holster should be showing.
I was needing a inside the pants holster and could not find one that was total under the waist line of my belt or pants.
This just works or me. I hope this helps others out there making there own holster.
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Baxter Delivers Solid Financial Performance In Line With Guidance For Third Quarter 2012
Recent Highlights
Baxter continues to focus on enhancing growth by optimizing its core business portfolio, advancing the company's new product pipeline, pursuing and accelerating the pace of business development initiatives, and capitalizing on the opportunity to develop new business models, which include public and private partnerships aimed at improving the quality of and access to care in both developed and emerging markets. Recent achievements reflect these priorities and include the following:
- Baxter launched its new 4000 IU dosage strength of ADVATE, providing the convenience of a single vial dosing opportunity for many adult patients, including those patients on a dosing schedule of every three days for prophylactic treatment with ADVATE.
- Baxter submitted a biologics license application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of BAX 326, a recombinant factor IX (rFIX) protein being investigated for the treatment and prophylaxis of bleeding episodes for patients over 12 years of age with hemophilia B.
- Baxter completed enrollment in the first study of the company's home hemodialysis system. The study was designed to examine the performance and safety of the investigational device. The study was conducted in the United States and 24 patients were enrolled in the study during which 700 treatments were delivered to participants. Data will support the company's submission for CE Mark in 2013.
- The company began dosing patients with malignant solid tumors in a Phase I clinical trial of a monoclonal antibody, representing the company's efforts to extend its oncology portfolio with advanced biological research and development. The candidate is a fully-human, recombinant anti-MIF (anti-macrophage migration inhibitory factor) monoclonal antibody with potential to be a new therapeutic agent in treatment of cancer.
- Baxter entered into a European licensing agreement with Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. for rigosertib, a novel targeted anti-cancer compound currently in a Phase III study for the treatment of a group of rare hematologic malignancies called Myelodysplastic Syndromes and in a Phase II/III study for pancreatic cancer.
- Under the terms of an agreement with Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Baxter recently selected a third biosimilar for development, a monoclonal antibody for oncology designated as M511. This is in addition to the selection of M923 and M834 earlier this year, targeted for the treatment of autoimmune and other inflammatory disorders. Baxter and Momenta have the opportunity to develop up to six biosimilars through their partnership.
- The government of Brazil announced the selection of Baxter as an exclusive partner for recombinant FVIII hemophilia treatments. The company is working closely with Brazilian authorities to finalize the agreement and enhance access to critical treatments and provide recombinant therapies to patients.
Outlook for Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2012
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Dr. Jan Bruder graduated from the Louisiana State University School of Medicine at New Orleans in 1986. She works in San Antonio, TX and 2 other locations and specializes in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism. Dr. Bruder is affiliated with University Hospital. She speaks English and Spanish.
Gender: Female
Years in Practice: 29 Years
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine at New Orleans
Graduation Date: 1986
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17 Then the dragon was very angry at the woman, and he went off to make war against all her other children -- those who obey God's commands and who have the message Jesus taught. | 17 Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring--those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus. |
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14 Then Yirmeyahu returned from Tofet, where ADONAI had sent him to prophesy, stood in the courtyard of ADONAI's house and said to all the people, | 14 Jeremiah then returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and stood in the court of the LORD's temple and said to all the people, |
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And you can tell Rolling Stone magazine that my last words were… I'm on drugs!
William Miller (Patrick Fugit) is a 15-year-old whiz kid who uses his wits to tag along with up-and-coming rockers Stillwater. Under the auspices of a Rolling Stone article, he becomes a fixture on their tour, participating in a rowdy rock and roll lifestyle with increasing abandon, and putting off the moment when he must betray his new friends in print. But as he begins to understand the destructive side of fame, William's responsibilities come home.
Initially, neither the Allman Brothers-type rockers nor queen rock muse Penny Lane (Kate Hudson) realize exactly how young Miller really is, but they do know that he is starry-eyed and connected to the publishing industry. Because they believe that he's likely to treat them well, they consider him not a leak but a ticket. This is typical of Almost Famous: for most characters, fame is such a defining priority that it blinds the people who desire it. People who can't assist on the acquisition of fame–including Penny Lane–are often discarded with brutal callousness.
Old beyond his years, William is basically an inexperienced adult. He already understands the sacrifices that grown-ups make but isn't prepared for them emotionally. As the accountability of the Rolling Stones article looms, William's adventures with Stillwater gradually take on the tone of a fun romp gone terribly wrong.
In many ways, the band is exactly like William in attitude: though they began their artistic endeavor for fun, desire for fame and the reckoning of responsibility to the music company gradually overtake their own enjoyment. The film does a decent job of demonstrating that their internal bickering and almost sociopathic lack of interest in Penny Lane are products of their lifestyle, but a viewer can gather that William would become just as jaded over time.
The film is recognizable as an homage to the seventies, and music fans will enjoy seeing transparently fictionalized representations of bands that would become beloved. William is a bare stand-in for Cameron Crowe, the author and director, who began his own career in pretty much exactly the same way (the first article Crowe ever wrote for Rolling Stone was a cover story on the Allman Brothers. He was sixteen; it's still good reading today). This accounts for the film's depth and insight into a world so romanticized by the people outside of it, as well as the nostalgia clear in scenes like the acid-fueled rooftop dive (far from the horrifying experience it must have been at the time, this is the single funniest event in the entire movie–exactly the way you'd tell it eleven years after the fact.)
All of this philosophical nonsense actually disguises how funny most of the film really is. William and his cohorts crash gates and parties, dance on tables, and field multiple hilarious calls from William's mother (Frances McDormand). It's exactly the kind of coming-of-age story you want: fun enough to remind viewers of a more innocent time, and serious enough to remind viewers about why they're so glad that time is gone.
Writers and rock fans alike will find Almost Famous a great way to spend two hours. Viewers with no background or interest in either may find themselves developing one after seeing this great little movie by a big insider name.


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Are you looking for a great art, science, or social studies project? Encourage your students to create an entry for the PATCHENIK CHILDREN'S WORLD MAP COMPETITION 2015, for a chance to represent the USA in an international map illustration contest, to be held at the International Cartographic Conference in Rio de Janeiro in August 2015.
This is the 21st annual Petchenik Map Competition, which celebrates the creativity, imagination, artistry, and wisdom of child mapmakers. Students from your school can win prizes from Lonely Planet, National Geographic, and other partners, and represent the United States in a map exhibit featuring student entries from six continents. The winning illustrations will be considered for greeting card, calendar, and poster designs for international organizations such as UNICEF.
Here are the rules:
1. Children 16 years old or younger are to produce a map illustration on the theme "My Place in Today's World." The maximum size is 17 x 11 inches (smaller entries are fine, too), and can be made using any unbreakable material. Mixed media entries are welcome, but the height of
pasted-on components must be no greater than 0.2 inches.
2. The theme "My Place in Today's World" may be illustrated in any way, using pictures, drawings, words, objects, or other graphical elements, but the illustration must include (somewhere) a map of all or a large portion of the world, with recognizable continents drawn as correctly as can be expected for the child's age.
3. An entry can be drawn by a maximum of three authors, all of whom should be in the same age group (see #4); the age of the oldest artist will be used to place the entry in the correct group.
Multiple entries from a single school are welcome.
4. Participants are entered into the international competition by the child's age on December 31, 2014: under 6 years, ages 6-8 years, ages 9-12, and ages 12-16.
5. Each map must have the following information on a label attached to the back side of the
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6. All maps from a single school should be sent in one package, and postmarked by February 7, 2015, to the following address:
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The national and international judging of the illustrations will focus on three areas:
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3. overall quality of the execution: aesthetic quality in such matters as balance and harmony among the image elements
This is a great opportunity for your students to creatively express their worldview, enhance their awareness of maps, and make them more conscious of their environment and connections to it. They may even get the chance to represent their nation in an international exhibit next summer. We hope you encourage your students and your school to take part in this effort.
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We're building a new garage with an apartment over it that we will use as a bonus room. It will have a full bath and we've decided that since it will see minimal use (although DD thinks this will one day be her apt), we will use a fiberglass/acrylic shower. The problem is that there are 2-3 feet of wall space above the shower wall that will get wet with spray from the shower. Has anyone tiled above a shower like this? The only other tile I definitely plan to have is on the floor. How can I tie the shower tile in to the room if that is the only wall tile? Anyone done this? Pictures? Thanks! |
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- Posted by dazzlemewithcolor (My Page) on Wed, Apr 14, 10 at 23:06
I have a fiberglass shower that has wall space above. We have not had any issues with water damage on the walls and this bathroom gets daily use. |
- Posted by bill_vincent (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Wed, Apr 14, 10 at 23:18
I've done several showers exactly as you describe, ending the tile right at the end of the surround. I don't have any pictures, though, because it was a pretty much elementary installation. |
- Posted by ncpirategirl (My Page) on Thu, Apr 15, 10 at 22:03
Bill, did you also do wall tile somewhere else ie, counter backsplash, a wall, etc to tie it together? Trying to decide if it will look right on its own. Thanks |
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No, just above the shower surround. |
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Entertainment on land is so year 2011; with the 2012 Millenium Yacht Design Award for "Dream Boat" going to the 'Allochroous' yacht, it seems all festivities can only be celebrated on water if they want to considered modern.
This is no ordinary yacht—its design is made only for the most chic events including anything from art exhibitions to full-out concerts. The idea is to be able to rock out in a suit or in a rave while being comforted by waves and the service of an extremely high-end boat. The Allochroous yacht is built with state-of-the-art technologies including color-changing abilities so that events are always kept interesting. The boat's entire build surrounds concepts that have to do with live events and performances, making it nothing less than the party-goer's dream boat.


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First flight after MLU upgrade
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First flight after MLU upgrade, was stored by USAF since 21 Oct 1994 and later by PoAF.
Low approach before full stop on runway 01. After MLU upgrade the "Sabre" has received a normal paint.
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The fact that the speakers were all so down to earth was one of the contributing factors to success. Did you recommend the speakers mingle with attendees, including meals? That was also a factor of success.
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I LOVED this retreat. The sharing was intimate and honest and I felt great warmth and friendship from the women who attended. Each one seemed ready to connect on a very real level. I also loved the honesty and openness of the speakers. Even though these women are highly accomplished, each one shared her vulnerabilities and concerns. That made me feel incredibly close to everyone there. For me, Women at Woodstock was fabulous in every respect!
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I like when a presenter can just go with the flow if a conversation on topic occurs. Suzanne Braun Levine was gracious about that. I also like when a presenter can put themselves into their presentation and do it genuinely. Most were able to do this. Linnea Duvall in particular was able to draw us in and live it with her.
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I would like to say that it was a really lively, wonderful experience. I met so many women who were fabulous. I am so grateful for the opportunity to have met them as well as you. Kudos to you!!
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Truly amazing - I feel happy every time I spray this, it really is like summer in a bottle. The coconut scent is lovely in it, but is balanced so well by the other notes. It's also very warm and enveloping, as opposed to most cocunut scents which can smell cheap and artificially cold. Packaging is fab too, I love the Tom Ford Azuree turqoise and gold! Unfortunately the lasting power is absolutely terrible on me - it disappears after about an hour, I wish EL would make this in an EDP. However it's so lovely I just spray often :-)
Please please please make this limited edition into a regular fragrance Estee Lauder!!
I know this is really melodramatic, but I feel like I'm falling in love every time I smell this on me :) It's really gorgeous. It's strange - cos there's really something almost salty about it, and if you don't like coconut, you probably won't appreciate it. I love it.
I agree with the previous comment that this smells like a light version of L'Artisan's Tea For Two and without the smoky topnote, I might add. I have TFT and love it. I love AS as well. It would be redundant for me to say this smells like being at the beach...but it does. It echoes those wonderful whiffs you catch after you've been lying out in the hot sun, slathered in suntan lotion/oil. For the long winter ahead, I'm so happy that I finally have a bottle of both the skin scent and the oil.
I sprayed this on in the store and knew right away that I loved it, so I bought it. I love the salty, coconut, woodsy, floral smell!! It's a beautiful tropical vacation in a bottle. Total LOVE!!!
This has been my warm weather HG scent. ITA with another reviewer that said it's a nice, floral, warm beach; it isn't a "suntan lotion" beach scent. I have received several compliments while wearing. I wear the spray, oil, and lotion. If it's really hot I wear the lotion and spray, at night I'll wear the oil & spray. The lotion is very light & airy, not nearly as strong as the oil.
I hate that this will be discontinued, I am buying as much as I can before it becomes obsolete! I found some a few weeks ago @ Dillards.com, & there's some on EBay.
And I LOVE the packaging! It reminds me of when I was small, my grandma used all EL products; at the time they were packaged in similar color.
I am personnally not crazy about this fragrance, but I can see how many would love it. It smells great, very beachy, but when I realized what its reminds me of - Bain de Soleil, I was a bit turned off. Nevertheless, it could easily be another girl's HG and is not at all bad so I still gave it 4 lippies.
I love this smell...it reminds me of the caribbean. It smells like coconuts, vanilla, and tanning oil. I don't like the bottle though, very old lady looking, but it's worth it.
Ick. That's what first came to mind when I smelled this scent. Yes, it does have a nice summer time note to it, maybe coconut, but it also has this underline current of dirt and wood and some overly pungent floral. It als smells artificial and cheap to me. Glad I only sampled it.
I wish I had gotten the huge bottle of this while they were selling it! So sad that it's sold out now. I LOVE this. It opens for me with mild coconut and fresh gardenia, and then fades to the most wonderful subtle woody scent tempered with citrus. Every once in a while you get a whiff of the woods plus coconut, and oh it's just divine. An incredible bargain, as well.
This is a sophisticated, fresh fragrance for the summer. I was lucky to purchase this as it was the last three left at the store!!!.
Top notes are sandalwood and slightly citrus too. On me it fades down to a sweet, warm coconut smell after 4-5 hours. Abosolutely gorgeous and will definately become my signature scent!


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How Washington's ferry system got into a mess with no easy fix in sight
The agency's future is uncertain. It's running short of money and could face a $1 billion shortfall over the next 16 years. Lawmakers say the ferry system will have to become leaner, which ultimately could mean longer waits at the dock.
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PORT TOWNSEND — Walk into almost any store along the waterfront here and you'll find owners worrying about the future. Tourism has been down, and so are profits.
They say business has suffered since the state abruptly scrapped its Steel Electric Class ferries late last year because of corroded hulls, leaving the town without a car ferry to Whidbey Island for more than two months. With summer approaching, partial service has been restored, but it could be years before things get back to normal.
Shop owners pin a lot of their troubles on one state agency: "The ferry system let us down," said Teresa Verraes, owner of an art shop, Artisans on Taylor.
The agency had spent years pursuing a plan to replace the 80-year-old Steel Electric boats, but it collapsed in the face of community opposition. When the boats were pulled, the only immediate backup was a smaller, passenger-only ferry.
State lawmakers, including the chairs of the powerful House and Senate transportation committees, say that what happened to the Steel Electrics is just a symptom of broader problems within the nation's largest ferry system:
• The agency spent millions of dollars on plans to improve and expand ferry terminals, in part to handle a predicted increase in ridership, state studies show. But instead, ridership has steadily declined in recent years and the expansion projects are now on hold.
• After the four Steel Electrics were pulled from service, the ferry system stepped up inspections of the fleet and found unexpected hull corrosion on other vessels. Last December, workers doing maintenance on the Hiyu, a ferry used in the San Juan Islands, knocked a hole through the hull when tapping on a rusted area.
The agency is now tackling the backlog of work, which ferry officials blame on tight maintenance budgets in recent years.
• The agency's future is uncertain. It's running short of money and could face a $1 billion shortfall over the next 16 years. Lawmakers say the ferry system will have to become leaner, which ultimately could mean longer waits at the dock.
The state Secretary of Transportation recently hired a new ferry-system director. And lawmakers have made changes designed to undo past damage.
"I do think we finally have leadership that will help us turn the ship around," Senate Transportation Chairwoman Mary Margaret Haugen said. "We're going to have to make major changes within the ferry system."
Former Transportation Secretary Doug MacDonald, who oversaw the ferries from 2001 to 2007, declined interview requests.
Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond, who replaced MacDonald, acknowledges the ferry system has made mistakes, but said on the whole it's been doing a good job. Many of the decisions made over the years were reasonable at the time, she said.
"This is the beauty of hindsight. Would've, should've, could've," said Hammond, whom Gov. Christine Gregoire appointed transportation chief last October. "There are a lot of things I would like to do over in my life."
Haugen feels differently. "I cannot tell you how frustrated I've been," she said. "It's amazing it's gone on as long as it has."
"This is my livelihood"
Perhaps no place has been hit harder by the ferry system's missteps than Port Townsend.
The souring economy is contributing to slower business, but shop owners believe the disrupted ferry service has also played a major role.
Plus, they note, summer is approaching and the town will have only one small ferry, which can hold 50 cars and 300 passengers, instead of the normal two Steel Electrics during peak season. The Steel Electrics could hold up to 64 cars and more than 600 passengers each.
"We're not talking like they'll get us another ferry in four months and we'll all be OK," said Mary Stockdale, who rents out commercial space in Port Townsend. "People are going, 'Wow, this is my livelihood and we're going to go under.' "
Stockdale and others think the entire episode could have been avoided. "This whole ferry thing irritates all of us because it's been a long time in the know," she said.
State records show ferry officials began a push six years ago to replace the Steel Electrics, so named because of their steel hulls and diesel-electric propulsion systems. The new, larger boats could haul more than twice as many cars as the Steel Electrics.
The idea was to standardize the fleet and help deal with a projected ridership increase throughout the ferry system, according to the Cedar River Group, a consulting firm hired by the state Legislature two years ago to look into the ferry system's predicament.
But there was a problem. Unlike the Steel Electrics, the larger ferries — which could hold 144 cars — could not navigate Whidbey Island's shallow Keystone harbor.
The ferry terminal had to be moved.
Whidbey Island residents and interest groups complained from the start about potential damage to the environment and recreational areas. They wrote letters and ripped the proposal at public meetings. The local paper, the Whidbey News Times, editorialized against it in the summer of 2002, noting the community's skepticism.
By 2006, Port Townsend residents and the City Council joined the fight against the larger boats and the plans to expand their ferry terminal to accommodate the vessels. They worried about traffic jams downtown when the ferries unloaded their cars.
Finally, in late 2006, state officials acknowledged there was too much opposition and dumped the plan.
After spending several years and more than $8 million on designs for terminals at both ports, the project was back to square one.
Hammond defended how long it took to pull the plug, saying it didn't become clear until late 2006 "that the size of the boats they were comfortable with as communities was something less than 100 cars."
State legislators disagree. "That was one where ... someone was plain not listening," said Sen. Harriet Spanel, D-Bellingham, a member of the Senate Transportation Committee. "From the very beginning, it was known that people were not going to be happy."
Many people also blame litigation between the state and shipbuilders for delaying construction of the replacement vessels. But even if those boats had been built, they could not have been used on the Keystone-to-Port Townsend run without moving the Whidbey Island terminal.
While the agency's plan for replacing the Steel Electrics was unraveling, legislators were becoming increasingly concerned about how the ferry system was spending its money elsewhere.
The agency wanted to pour several hundred million dollars into renovating and expanding ferry terminals throughout the region, including relocating the Edmonds and Mukilteo terminals.
The Mukilteo proposal included a waiting area for cars over the water, a new building and dock, and an elevated walkway to a Sound Transit station. The work was expected to cost up to $275 million.
Kathy Scanlan, a Cedar River consultant who looked into the matter, said the push was driven in part by projections that showed significant increases in ridership — a 58 percent jump from 1999 to 2030. But instead, ridership has declined almost every year for the past eight years. It's down about 11 percent overall since 2000.
Newly revised projections, based on expected population and employment growth, now suggest ridership will increase at less than half the rate previously forecast over same time period.
People stopped riding for a number of reasons, including increased telecommuting and cuts in service. But a major factor is the sharp increase in fares. On the Seattle-to-Bainbridge Island route, for example, passenger fares have jumped 81 percent since 2000, from $3.70 to $6.70.
The agency boosted fares to help make up for millions of dollars lost when voters repealed the state car-tab tax by passing Initiative 695 in 1999. The tax had provided about 22 percent of the ferry system's operating revenue and about 77 percent of its capital budget.
In any case, the ferry system was spending a lot of money on plans that lawmakers are now questioning. Between 2003 and 2007, the agency spent more than $36 million on planning and designs to improve six terminals.
Scanlan said that when she examined the spending on terminal improvements, "it was our recommendation that these be at least reconsidered."
Secretary Hammond said ridership projections were only a small part of what drove plans for the new terminals.
People in the ferry system and the local communities believed the projects might be the last chance in 50 years to improve the terminals. They wanted to "do it right," Hammond said.
That meant designing terminals that would be welcoming for passengers, had plenty of seating space — and cost more to build.
Scaling back projects
Change is on the way for the state ferries.
The Legislature has put all the terminal improvements on hold and is looking at scaling back or canceling some of the projects.
Hammond maintains the money wasn't wasted. "We may build a more bare-bones terminal as phase 1" in some cases, she said in an e-mail, but noted there could be additional phases in the future.
"I don't think there's anybody who's happy that we spent that money on something we didn't do," said House Transportation Chairwoman Judy Clibborn, D-Mercer Island. "You can call it waste, or 'We tried to do something that didn't work.' It's a lot of money either way."
Sen. Haugen said the money that went into planning and design for the terminals would have been better spent on maintaining the boats. The Legislature, she said, has directed the ferry service to make the fleet its top priority.
"A lot of us had real concerns they weren't looking at the actual condition of the hulls. Our direction is for them to do a much more thorough maintenance program," Haugen said.
In addition to the Hiyu, unexpected hull corrosion has been found on the Evergreen State, the Kaleetan and the Tillikum. All four boats are back in service.
David Moseley, who took over as director of the ferry system in February, said the agency is catching up on a backlog of maintenance and promises to keep up in the future.
As for the Steel Electrics, state lawmakers and the ferry system recently decided to replace the Port Townsend-to-Keystone ferries with a class of boats called Island Home. They can carry about the same number of vehicles as the Steel Electrics, and can navigate Key-
stone Harbor's shallow waters.
The agency also is pushing ahead with plans to build several 144-car ferries, the ones originally intended to replace the Steel Electrics.
Those larger vessels would replace the two Steel Electrics not used on the Keystone-to-Port Townsend run, as well as other ferries approaching the end of their lives.
Fingers point in a lot of directions when it comes to how the ferry system got into this mess.
State lawmakers say the agency felt it didn't need to listen to others. "It was an agency that had the attitude of 'We can just outwait people who disagree with us,' " Clibborn said.
Haugen said she spent years battling the agency, but had little success getting other legislators to pay attention until the Port Townsend ferry crisis.
"The truth is, the majority of people in the state of Washington don't give a damn about the ferry system," Haugen said.
Mike Anderson, director of the ferry service from 2004 to 2007, said there's plenty of blame to go around.
"The ferry system didn't do this by themselves. There's incredible scrutiny. It goes through the Department of Transportation and governor's office and the Legislature," he said. "If anybody is trying to say they didn't know, I think it's convenient memory."
Andrew Garber: 360-943-9882 or email@example.com
A story published on May 18, 2008 was corrected on May 22, 2008. A previous version incorrectly reported that the new director of the ferry system was hired by state lawmakers. The director was hired by the state Secretary of Transportation.
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